Fender for motor-vehicles.



W. YOUNG.

EENDEE EOE MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28. 1911.

' Patanted Feb. 27, 1912.

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W. YOUNG. FENDER EUR MOTOR VEHICLES. l PPLIGATION FILEYD APR. 28, 1911.1,018,470, Patented Feb.27, 1912.

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UNlTliLl OFFICE.

WILLL-.NL Yll'll', OF SOUTH BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.

FENDER FOR 'MTOR-VEHICLES.

To all whom et mu/g3 concern:

' L "tfupniaii Yonne, citizen .of the ilu t fiitutes, resid g at SouthBellingham, in tl e coinity of 'lill/iatconi and State oi' 'Washingtcinhave 'invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Fenders forMctorfehicles, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinventionrelates to fenders, and has for an object to'- provide afender particu larl`y adaptable tomotor vehicles, and one which may beadjusted from the seat of the operator. Another object of thisinvention. is to pro vide a fender of this nature with a receiving frameand a mechanism so peculiarly connected tothe receiving frame that .itrequires but a slight movement. of a hand lever to fullyv raise'or lowerthe frame. p The invention further designs a fender provided withattaching means whereby thefender may be secured to the forward leafsprings of the vehicle, and having yielding braces arranged between thefender and the,

Vfront axle ofthe vehicle for taking iup the vibration of the fender.

The invention generally contemplates a fender of this character which isof comparatively'simple construction and-easy of operation, is light inweight and may be readily applied, and one which occupies but smallspace and may be economically manufactured.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a Aknowledge of the details of construction,

' the. connecting devices reference is to behadk to the followingdescription land accompanying dra-wings, in

which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view proved fender as applied to a motor vehi-2 is a longitudinal section taken and the for- Fig. 3 is a centrallythrough the fender ward portion 'of the vehicle;

front elevation of the fender as applied to detail view of one of attheend of the fender; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the operatingmechanism for swinging the receiving frame of the fender; and

the vehicle; Fig. 4 is a Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of thebearing ring.

' C'orres'pondingand like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in alltlie views of the drawings by the samereference characters;

Specif'icut' on cffLetters Patent.

about the bolts 21.

lof the imswing the Patented Feb. 27, 1912.

egf-iilimtizni tiled April. 1911. Serial No. 623,994.

`Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the body ci' a motor vehicleto which the fender is applied. 11 is the usual dashboard, 12 are theside bars of the frame curved down at their forward ends,

tremities of springs 14, and 15 designates the4 front axle of thevehicle of any approved type.

The fender comprises a vertical buffer frame extending across the front.of the as at 13,- in the usual manner,v where they are connected to thefoiwardex vehicle and being formed of upper and lower hars 16 and 17spaced apart by standards 18 positioned therebetween adjacent to theirends. The members 16H17 are fur` ther connected by a plurality of spaced.ver-

tical rods 19 seated at their ends the inner opposite sides of the bars16 an 17, which serve as guards.

rlhe barsl 16 and 17 are given a slight backward curve to round olf theends of the buffer frame. the inner sides of the standards 18 adjacentto their lower ends, and are bent back from the inner edges of thestandards and provided With series of` openings for the reception ofattaching bolts' 21 carried through the meeting ends of the bars 13 and.the springs 14. The buffer frame is' thus.per mitted to swing out of itsVvertical position Each. of the'straps is provided with an integral arm22 and attached tothe rear side of each of the standards 18, the sameextending down and being curved backwardly to hingedly receive theforward ends of brace rods 23. The brace 4rods 23 are curved up into -ahorizontal position and engage beneath thev front axle 15,

and are slidably held inv such position by.V

passing loosely clips 24 carried over -the axle 15. 'f lFixed collars 25are disposed about the brace rods v23'forwardly of'A the clips 24, andreceive thereaga'inst the forward .ends of-coil springs 26 interposedtherebetween and the clips 24 to yieldingly u tion. Tension nuts lthreaded `relation upon the rear ends of the rods 2 3, binding againstthe clips 24 tor'egulate'the tension ofthe springs 26 and to limit .theforward movement of the rods 23.

The fender is provided with a receiving frame comprising the outerandinner 28 and 29 joined at their ends-by the .side

through the lower ends lof hold the rods 23 forward and ft'er frame upinto vertical posi- 27 are disposed in izo barsl bars 30, and closed inby a pltirality of parallel rods 81. The receiving frame is adapted toextend out horizontally :from the lower end of the bull'er frame, and isgiven a slight upward curve at its rear edge. The inner bar 29 isrounded and vjournaled intermediate its ends in a pair of bearings 32de-y pending froni the lower bar 17 oit the buffer frame immediatelybeneath the standards 18. The side bars 80 of the receiving frame carryrearwardly extending and upwardly curved `arms 33 engaging in loop-stops34 depending from. the ends of the lower bar 17.

The operating means for raising and lowering the receiving framecomprises an arm 35 hinged at its lower end between a pair of earstcarried upon the upper side of the lower' bar 17. The larm 35 is adaptedto swing 'up into parallelism with the rods 19 of the butter traine, andis provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced vopenings 37.adjustably receiving the laterally turned upper ternlinal orrned uponthe upper end oi a push rod or link' The push rod or linlrl) entendsdown parallel to the and is offset baekwardly to pass dgwn below thelower bar 17, where 1 it. is hinged upon an eye 404 projectingrearwardly from the rear bar 29 of the receiving trame.' A connectingrod 41 is attached to the upper` end of the arm 35, and is carried backat one side of the body 10 through the dashboard 11 to a convenientpoint adjacent to the seat of the operator. A bearing ring 42 engagesthrough the dashboard 11, having its edgesoverturned against theopposite side of the dashboard 11 to hold the ring 42 in place. Anannular pocket or groove 43 is formed in the inner side of the ring 42,receiving a resilient ring 44, pret- 'erably of rubber, for' looseengagement about the connecting rod 41 to hold the saine from vibration.

The connecting rod 41 is hinged atits Vrear end to a hand lever 45 atapoint midway of its ends.. The lever 45 is pivoted upon a base plate 46secured to lthebottom of the body 10. 'A segment 47, having suitablyspaced notches 48, is carried upon the base plate 46 and coperates witha pawl 49 disposed at one edge of the lever 45 to lock the latter inosition. 4

The operation of theV improved fender is now' apparent, since during themovement of the vehicle the buffer abutting frame isA permit-ted toswing down againstthe tension of the springs`26 so aslto take up thestrain upon the bolts 21. I

Normally, the fender is in they yposition disclosed in Fig. 2, whereinthe receiving frame is dropped into a horizontalI position. The fenderis held in this position bythe hand lever 45, which is locked to thesegment 47 by the pawl 49. When it is desired to raise thereceivingframe, toA accommodate` the Inotm vehicle in confined places, and topermit of the same passing over the obstructions in the roadway, theoperator 'grasps the hand lever 45 and releases the pawl 49 and drawsthe lever 45 back and thus pulls the connecting rod 41 through the'dashboard 1l. The `connecting rod 4 1 swings the arm 35 back to forcethe push rod 39 down. The push rod 39 turns the inner bar 29 in thebearings 32 'swinging the receiving frame up against the buffer frame,As the lrear edge of the receiving frame is given-a slight upward curve,it is readily seen from Fig. 5 that the receiving frame may be foldedflat against the forward'side of the buffer frame. The resilient ring 44carried upon the dashboard loosely engages the connecting rod 41 andholds the same from rattling during the vibration of the vehicle.

Preferably the frames of the fender are reinforced by transverse rods19a ad 31, closingthe frames and preventing the passage of objectstherethrough.

It is of course understood that the upper and lowerbars 16 and 17 of thebutler frame, and the outer bar 28 of the receiving traine may be madefrom wood,`brass pipe, or any other suitable; light material capable ofwithstanding the strains to which the fender is subjected The inner bar29 of the receiving traine is preferably a solid steel bar, as itsupports considerable weight.

The relative size of the fender is preferably such that the usual headlights on the vehicle may throw their rays of light over the upper bar16, but should the fender be inade in such proportions as' to eX tendthe buffer frame across the front of the head lights the vertical rods19 should` be curved or broken away, or the fender should be so adjustedas to admit of the uninterrupted passage of the rays of light, from thelainps.

Hav-ing thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

l. A fender including a buffer frame, straps extending rearwardly fromthe buil'er frame and 'adapted to be pivoted to e frame of a vehicle,braces connected to' t e buffer frame and, adapted to be slidablyconne'ctedto the frame vof the vehicle, springs operating to maintainsaid'rac'es and the buii'er frame connected thel ewith yeldably inforward position, a reciiving .frame swingingly 'connected to the lowerits ends respectively to said arm. ati'd to the receiving framerearwardly of its hinges,

and operating means connected to the 'arm for swin ng the same.

i 3.' AA ginder including a buffer frame, rearwardly extending strapscarried by the buffer frame for'attachment to the springs of a. vehicle,rearwardly extending braces carried at the lower end of said bufferframe for attachment to theaxle of thevehicle,

.an` adjustable receiving frame hinged upon the lower end of the bufferframe, and operating` means located upon the vehicle aidv jacent to theseat of the operator and havlng connection with the receiving frame foradJustin the same. i y4. vA ender including a. buffer frame,

`v rearwardly extending straps carried by the bufferv frame forattachment to the frame of a motor vehicle, depending arms carried by'the buffer frame, braces lhinged upon the lower ends of the arms andextending back for engagement beneath the frame of the InA testimonywhereof, I aiix my signature in fpresence of' two witnesses.

WILLIAM YOUNG. [L.s.]

Witnesses: l

JOHN RILEY, JARvIs, WILLIAM CLARK.

